Broom-raqk



(No Model.)

w. 1. SMITH. BROOM RACK.

Nd. 604.909. Patented May 31. 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER I. snrrn, or MARsI'IAL TEX/\s.

v BRooM-R'Ac o SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,909, datedMay '31, uses." Application filed May 27,1897. Serial 1638,454. (No model.)

To all whom it'may concern:

Beit known that I, WALTER I SM1TH,a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall,

in the county of Harrison and State of Texas,

have invented a new and usefulBroom-Rack,

of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in broom-racks. V V

The objects of the present invention are to [O impr'ove the construction of broom-racks and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient one adapted to be readily attached to a ceiling and designed to receive a n umber of brooms and capable of enabling the same to I 5 be readily removed from and replaced in it. The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of -parts, as hereinafter fully described, illus- ""trat-ed'in the accompanying drawin gs, and :0 pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective a view of a broom-rack constructed in accord ance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. dis a detail perspective view of one of the series of jaws. Like numerals of reference designatecorresponding parts in the several ,figures of the drawings.

1 designates a broom-raek designed to be secured to a ceiling or wall and provided with a series of broom-holders adapted to receive broom-handles to enable brooms to be sus pended from the to p of a room in convenient position and capable of enabling them to be readily removed from and introduced in it.-

' The broom-rack is composed of a pair of clamping strips or plates 2 and 3, provided with registering openings 4 and 5, and re- 40 .silient jaws 6, arranged in pairs and adapted to engage a broom-handle at opposite sides thereof.

A pair of jaws is arranged at each opening,

' and each jaw is substantially U-shapcd, be

" ing slightly tapering and having its outer end bent at a slight angle to separate the jaws slightly at 7 and provide a flaring mouth, so

that a broom-handle may be readily introduced between them.

= 59 The broom-rack may be provided with any single piece of wire, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 of the accompanying drawings. The jaws are separated by rectangular bends forming L-shapcd arms 8 at the inner ends of the sides of the jaws and arranged bet-ween the plates or strips 2 and 3, whereby the jaws are firmly held in operative position.

The broom-rack, which may be attached to a ccilin g in any suitable man n or, is preferably secured to the same by means of brackets 9, each consisting of a cross-piece and a pair of end pieces arranged at right angles to" the cross-piece. The ends of the plates or strips are perforated to receive fastening devices of the brackets. The broom-rack may be soeuredto a wall by a suitablebraeket, and it is adapted to held various tools and devices which are provided with a handle similar to a broom.

It will be seen that the broom-rack is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is capable of firmly holding a broom, and that it will permit the same to be readily withdrawn from and introduced into it."

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A broom-rack comprising a pair 01": horizontal plates or strips arranged one above the other and provided with registering openings, and a pair of substantially U-shaped clamping-jaws arranged within the opening at opposite sides thereof and bcingslightlytapered and adapted to engage the handle of a broom, each jaw being constructed separate from the other and being rigidly clamped at the inner end of each side of each jaw by the strips or plates, substantially as described.

2. Abroom-rack comprising a pair of horizontal'strips arranged one above the other and provided at intervals with registering openings, and the substantially U-shaped clamping-jaws arranged in pairs in each of the openings and extending therefrom and disposed substantially vertical, the jaws at each side of the strips being constructed of a single piece of resilient material and being 'connected by bends forming arms arranged between the strips and clamped .by the same,

substantially as described.

A broom-rack comprising a pair of horizontal strips arranged fiat against each other and rovided at intervals with registering openings, the substantially U-shaped clamp f ing of greater length than the jaws to space ing-jawsarrangedinpairsincachet theepenthe latter from the ceiling or support; snl,

ings and extending therefrom and disposed l stantially as described.

substantially vertical, the jaws at each side I In testimony that I claim the foregoing I5 5 of the strips being constructed of a single I my ewnl have hereto all'ixed my signature in pieceofresilientmaterialand heingeonnected the presence of two witnesses.

by bends forming arms arranged between the W TFR 1 (WITH strips and clamped by the same, and braclc- I et s secured to the strips and extending up- \Yitnesses:

x0 ward therefrom and adapted to be fastened l. KEITH, V

to a ceiling or Other snimml. said stri )s hei A. G. ADAMS, .l r. 

